this morning, new clues on how the plane may have steered so far off course. who preprogrammed the inflight computers? we have live, team coverage, just ahead. also, russia ready to defy the world, recognizing part of ukraine as an independent nation, facing sanctions, facing warnings from the united states and other countries. what will president vladimir putin say this morning? what s in store for the people of crimea? we are live with the breaking developments. welcome back to early start, everyone. great to see you this morning. i m john berman. 30 minutes past the hour right now. this morning, the questions continue to mount 11 days after malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board. this morning there are new reports that the plane s turn off course was preprogrammed into the flight computer. malaysian officials now say it s not clear if the final words spoken to air traffic
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the malaysia airlines flight that just disappeared with 239 people on board. there are new clues this morning in this investigation, new reports that the plane s turn off course was preprogrammed into the flight computer. the big question, was that done on the ground or was it done in the air? now malaysian officials say it is not clear if the final words spoken by the co-pilot to air traffic controller came before or after the plane s data reporting system was shut down. the malaysians themselves have changed the timeline here. the focus of the search now in the waters off australia, an enormous search area. it seems no one quite is sure at this point where this flight is or where even to look in some cases. jim clancy live in kuala lumpur with the latest. and jim, again, i want to start with the reports of the flight computer and the course that may have been preset that the pilots
a deliberate action by someone on board that plane. now, that could mean a whole range of different things. there are so many questions about what that might mean. i want to bring in a guest right now, steve wallace is with us. steve is an aviation expert. he has looked into this kind of thing before. steve, let me ask you this. you re former director of the faa office of investigations. steve joins us from washington. steve, one of the things we ve been discussing all morning is the flight computer. there are reports this morning that it was programmed on this course that took it away from beijing. the question is, was it programmed on the ground? was it programmed in the air? and who did program it? i want to ask you this, could a pilot is that something that a pilot could program in the air quickly to take it off its current course? and why would a pilot do that? it is absolutely something that a pilot could program quickly, and very often, particularly to, say, if you re
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